Purgatory Artist-Chapter 165: The Saint Stone

Ding dong!

A melodious voice sounded on the train.

"It's seven o'clock sharp."

Liu Ping yawned and turned to look out of the window.

The train sped through the dark night, and occasionally, he could see some villages with faint lights.

Those villages quickly retreated, and his line of sight was once again occupied by the barren wilderness.

The train's speed was further increasing.

"Is it because it's getting more and more remote, so the speed is increasing ... and the temperature is also dropping ..."

Liu Ping exhaled, and the window was suddenly covered by a white fog, and the scenery outside became blurry.

"We'll arrive at noon tomorrow." Hua Qingkong said.

Liu Ping picked up a menu from the table and looked at it.

It read:

"Tonight's menu:"

"Steamed potatoes."

"Pea soup."

Hua Qingkong said, "That's for ordinary people. We're professionists, so we eat different things."

Liu Ping could not help but look at the two tickets on the table.

One of the tickets read: Knight Liu Ping.

The other one read: Summoner Hua Qingkong.

These two professions were common, but as a trainee member of the Empire's energy exploration team, it was just right.

"Let's take a look at this menu." Hua Qingkong handed over another menu.

Liu Ping took the menu and saw the words on it:

"Dear Madam/Sir, tonight's dishes are as follows:"

"Steamed potatoes."

"Pea soup."

"White bread or noodles."

Liu Ping shrugged and said, "It doesn't seem to be that good."

Hua Qingkong said, "In recent years, the harvest of food everywhere has not been very good."

"At least the Royal Academy has milk and fruits." Liu Ping said.

"The Royal Academy is subsidized by the Empire. Now that you're in society, you have to get used to eating some ordinary food, unless ..." Hua Qingkong said.

"Unless what?" Liu Ping asked.

"Unless it's those professions that can directly use mysterious powers to create food, then you don't have to care about this." Hua Qingkong said.

"Then come, let's eat something else."

Liu Ping clasped his hands in front of his chest and said with a solemn expression, "For the love and justice of the earth, I hereby summon the sacred meal. On behalf of the mercy of the heavens, I give this holy meal to you for free."

His body emitted a gentle white light, as if an angel had descended upon the world.

Then, white lights appeared on the table one after another, materializing into a long dining table, silver cutlery, golden candlesticks, and a music box that emitted beautiful tunes.

All kinds of dishes appeared.

Vegetable salad, roasted pigeon, square dumplings, egg pie, stewed pear, honey wine, wine.

And a small cup of ice cream.

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Liu Ping passed the ice cream over and said in a low voice, "In order to keep a low profile, I cut a few dishes. I hope you don't mind."

Hua Qingkong took the ice cream and sighed, "People say that if you marry a life mage, you won't have to worry about starvation, and if you marry a hunter, you can eat all kinds of meat. I think if you show this skill, many girls will cry and beg to marry you, a knight."

A woman in a flight attendant uniform walked up to the two of them. She looked at the passenger list and smiled sweetly at them.

"Sir, madam, would you like to order anything else?"

"No need," Hua Qingkong said.

The stewardess reluctantly looked at the table full of dishes and turned to leave.

Liu Ping and Hua Qingkong started eating dinner.

Halfway through, Liu Ping seemed to have thought of something and asked, "How's the taste?"

"It's delicious, thank you," Hua Qingkong smiled.

"Thank you, your praise is the best reward," Liu Ping said.

Lines of small burning words appeared in the void:

[You have received the reward for this Sacred Meal.]

[Hua Qingkong can enjoy this Sacred Meal in its entirety.]

The two of them chatted as they ate, occasionally looking at the wilderness and mountains outside.

Thunder gradually sounded in the distance.

The pitter-patter of raindrops fell on the ground, gradually becoming heavier and heavier.

When the two of them finished dinner, the rain turned into snowflakes.

"We're getting closer to the north."

Hua Qingkong said.

Liu Ping poured her a cup of hot tea and said, "I heard that Coldhammer Town at the border snows all year round. Without warmth, people can't survive there."

"Yes, we have to get off at Coldhammer Town and report to the Energy Exploration Branch. Then, we can cross the border and head for the ruins of the Ceylon Kingdom," Hua Qingkong said.

Liu Ping was about to reply when his expression suddenly changed.

Several attendants hurriedly ran past the two of them on the aisle.

In the carriage behind, there were faint noises and cries.

After a while.

The steward came back along the aisle, shouting as he walked, "Is there a doctor?

Healing professions are fine too. Someone in the carriage behind has fainted. "

Liu Ping stood up and said, "I'm a healer."

The steward said nervously, "If you go over, it may take some energy."

"It's okay, take me there," Liu Ping said.

"Please follow me." The steward led the way.

Liu Ping followed the steward through two carriages and saw the fainted person.

It was an older middle-aged man, his eyes closed tightly as he collapsed on the aisle.

Beside him was a pair of children, both of whom were crying loudly.

An old woman was checking on the middle-aged man's condition.

"A healer is here!"

The steward shouted.

The crowd immediately opened up a path for him.

Liu Ping walked forward quickly, glanced at the old woman, and asked, "What's wrong with him?"

"Possessed." The old woman spat out two words.

Everyone was shocked.

At this point, the train just happened to pass through a mountain tunnel, the constantly changing lights and darkness caused the entire carriage to fall into an eerie atmosphere.

Liu Ping crouched down, pressed down on the man's wrist and neck, then carefully checked his heartbeat, tongue, and eyeballs before shaking his head: "He's not possessed — — steward, what does he do?"

"He's a miner," the steward answered.

"A miner?" Liu Ping muttered.

The old woman coldly laughed: "Did you hear that? A miner, only people like them would come into contact with those evil beings hidden underground and suffer misfortune because of it. "

Everyone became rowdy.

The old woman took out a stone carved with runes from her chest and said: "The Saint Stone can expel evil beings — — - as long as I put this stone on him, he'll immediately recover."

Saying so, she was about to put the stone on the miner's body.

— — -Her hand was stopped by Liu Ping.

"If there really was an evil being in the mine, this gentleman would've already died, he wouldn't have lasted until now."

Saying so, Liu Ping put his hand on the middle-aged man's body and chanted: "In the name of justice, love, and mercy, heal your wounds."

[Sacred Chant], activate!

A gentle light came from his hand and slowly entered the middle-aged man's body.

A few moments later.

The middle-aged man opened his eyes and sat up from the ground.

His children immediately stopped crying and threw themselves into his arms.

Everyone cheered and clapped.

The eerie atmosphere from before was gone.

"Do you still remember how you fainted?" Liu Ping asked.

"... Thank you for saving my life, sir, I was about to go to the toilet, then for some reason, my vision went dark and I fainted," the middle-aged man said.

"The wound on your blood vessels has already healed, pay attention to your diet from now on, don't eat too much, and don't eat anything too oily — — - when I was treating you just now, I pushed a few times, the blood clot has already spread, but it's hard to say if it won't form again in the future" Liu Ping said.

"Thank you, sir, may I ask where sir works?" the man gratefully asked.

"No need to ask, it's a small matter" Liu Ping nodded at the man, then turned and returned to his carriage.

A few moments later.

He returned to his seat.

Hua Qingkong was drinking tea, seeing him return, she asked: "What's the situation?"

"Health issues, a small matter." Liu Ping took a sip of tea.

Suddenly.

A figure stopped in front of the two of them.

— — -It was the old woman.

She stared at Liu Ping with a mysterious look on her face, then softly said: "Young man, you're shrouded in an ominous aura, do you know?"

"I don't believe in this," Liu Ping said.

The old woman shook her head, then placed the stone engraved with runes on the table and continued: "Take this Saint Stone with you, it can dispel evil and protect you from being harmed by evil spirits, this is my blessing to you, and also a gift from the divine being behind me"

After that, she nodded meaningfully at Liu Ping, then turned and left.

Liu Ping couldn't help but laugh.

This old woman put on a mysterious look, but she didn't know that the person in front of her was once a fortune-teller, the ancestor of such tricks.

As for this stone ...

Liu Ping casually picked up the stone, weighed it in his hand, and asked: "Do you know what this Saint Stone is?"

Hua Qingkong looked at it, "This is a religion that is active among ordinary people, they believe in an existence called the Nine-Winged Fallen God. Usually, they use the Saint Stone to borrow the power of this existence, to do some exorcism and blessings for ordinary people."

"Why haven't I heard of it?" Liu Ping was surprised.

Hua Qingkong frowned, "I remember that they have always been in a state of underground activities, for some reason, now they dare to stand in public and give out the so-called Saint Stone to Professionists, it's a bit arrogant."

Liu Ping rubbed the Saint Stone and shook his head: "Religion is only practiced by fools, Professionists are all existences on the path to becoming Gods, relying on the power of the Divine Pillar of Eternal Night and the Divine Pillar of Purgatory, how could they join such a religion?"

Hua Qingkong smiled: "They often get believers by exorcising evil spirits for ordinary people, but I don't know what kind of bargaining chips they have for us Professionists."

"I see, it seems that I've ruined their good deed just now" Liu Ping said.

Ka ka ka — —

Not sure what mechanism was triggered, but the Saint Stone in his hand suddenly made a low noise.

At the same time, lines of small burning words quickly appeared in the void:

[The runes on the stone have combined into an invisible force and shrouded you.]

[You are continuously under the influence of 'Holy Spirit Blessing Soultrace'.]

[When this technique is used on you, your whereabouts are always under the control of the caster of this technique.]